Bangkok...

I thought it was about time for a little update of my trip, I tried uploading some pictures but it seems this internet cafe is having none of it! I will get some up as soon as I can! So...Bangkok...what a wonderful, strange, beautiful and ugly place! The crowded, hot, stinking, polluted streets are quick to bring you down and the tuk tuks, oh the tuk tuks! How they annoy me! But just as I am starting to really dislike this place I come across some of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen! The Buddhist temples are amazing, such vibrant colours and stunning detail and that is just the outside! I have also found a few lovely parks where I have spent a good few hours sitting in the sun and watching turtles, then back to the streets...I don't think I will be visiting Bangkok again. Bring on the rest of Thailand, bring on the beaches, come on Friday hurry up! In other news, my fellow teaspoon lovers will be pleased to know I stole my first teaspoon today! And so begins the addition of 'teaspoons from my travels' to the collection.

One more knit before I go...

Sadly I lost the first jumper I knit for my iPod on the bus, I hope whoever found it gave it another iPod to hug! This is my replacement jumper, I like it!

Apologies...

To all of those lovely people who stop by every now and then to read this little blog of mine I apologise. You may well have noticed I have been a little...or a lot rubbish at updating recently, I choose to use the excuse of being busy although I'm sure a hint a laziness also had something to do with it! To those who don't know I am off to do a bit of traveling, starting in Thailand then heading to Australia, New Zealand and finally Fiji, lucky Me! I have spent the past fews weeks getting ready and well...freaking out a bit hence the absence of bloggage. I leave this friday (new years eve!) and intend to turn this into a bit of a travel blog. I will update when I can so that those of you who are interested can see what I have been up to, which will probably only be my 6 year old cousin Sammy (Hi Sammy!)

Anyway...that is all, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and have an amazing new year! x

Anyone want to see my bedroom...

I met a Olivia at a party a few weeks ago and she told me about a blog she does where she takes pictures of peoples bedroom, I thought it was a great idea and she loved the sound of my very messy room so round she came...please check out her blog!

http://whatsinyourbedroom.blogspot.com/2010/10/helen-hackney.html

Riitta Ikonen...

I recently came across the London based artist Riitta Ikonen, she has done some really nice stuff. I love her 'Mail Art' project, Riitta who is also an illustration tutor at the University of Brighton set her students a task to send one postcard a week documenting their experiences of their summer holidays. It has really inspired me to send similar postcards to friends when on my travels! Above are a few of my favourites, please see her website for more: www.riittaikonen.com

Recent Times...

Getting up early isn't always such a bad thing...

Last week I got into the city way too early for my 7am shift so had a bit of a wander. The sun was rising and the reflection of the sky in the buildings was beautiful, I'm really going to miss London! Appologies for the shit photo, it really does not do justice to what I saw but only had the camera on my phone to hand!